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| 1213.1 | | BUSY::SLAB | Great baby! Delicious!! | Sat Mar 08 1997 12:48 | 7 |
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Kay Bee Toy and Hobby used to carry brain models, as well as
skeletons and hearts.
But I haven't specifically looked for them recently, so I can't
verify that they're still available there.
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| 1213.2 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Sun Mar 09 1997 18:16 | 3 |
| I'm sure Edmund Scientific sells them.
Steve
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| 1213.3 | Archie McPhee | ORION::chayna.zko.dec.com::manana::eppes | Nina Eppes | Mon Mar 10 1997 12:48 | 7 |
| Not sure whether any of these will meet your need, but the Archie McPhee
(mailorder catalog) Web site has a "brain index" of different types of brains
that they carry. Check out http://www.mcphee.com/brain/index.html .
FWIW...
- Nina
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| 1213.4 | | SHRCTR::PJOHNSON | Vaya con huevos. | Mon Mar 10 1997 14:31 | 8 |
| I am checking out Edmund, Fisher, and McPhee, but so far haven't seen
anything very realistic. I'm going to Harvard med to ask and will also
try to link up with medical firms that sometimes give away impressive
models (like feet, hands, spines, etc.) to doctors. Y'know, to push
their pharmaceuticals.
Thanks,
Pete
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| 1213.5 | The virtual approach... | QUARRY::reeves | Jon Reeves, UNIX compiler group | Mon Mar 10 1997 16:16 | 12 |
| Well, there's always the Virtual Human project; a cadaver was frozen, sliced
into 1mm slices, and each slice was photographed and digitized (MRI and CT
data were also saved). Of course, it's on the web; the home page is at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
Alas, the purported brain atlas doesn't seem to be working (I can get a viewer,
but no images), but some of the other services on that page are. You'll need
a Java-equipped browser for some of them.
There's also a separate brain dissection project (grayscale) at
http://indy.radiology.uiowa.edu/Providers/Textbooks/BrainAnatomy/BrainAnatomy.html
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| 1213.6 | | JAMIN::WASSER | John A. Wasser | Wed Mar 12 1997 16:54 | 26 |
| > I am checking out Edmund, Fisher, and McPhee, but so far haven't seen
> anything very realistic.
What qualities of realism are particularly important to you?
Shape? Size? Color? Texture? Odor?? Flavor????
There are several companies that make plastic model kits
of the brain. Look for them in your local hobby shop or
"learning store" (Learningsmith et. al.)
An AltaVista search for {"anatomical models" and brain} turned
up "American 3B Scientific" who sell lots of brain models at:
http://a3bs.com/brains.htm
I also did an AltaVista search for {brain near human near specimen}
in the hopes of finding a preserved human brain but the closest I
got was:
HUMAN IMAGE DATASET
Human Cryotome Data. The data set contains images collected from the
brain of a 76 year old normal female human cadaver. The specimen was
prepared for...
http://www.loni.ucla.edu/humandata/human.html - size 4K - 25 Mar 96
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| 1213.7 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed Mar 12 1997 17:00 | 1 |
| The American 3B Scientific brains range from $60 to $240.
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| 1213.8 | | SHRCTR::PJOHNSON | Vaya con huevos. | Wed Mar 12 1997 18:30 | 3 |
| Thanksm John. I'm headed for American 3B Scientific.
Pete
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| 1213.9 | | ATLANT::SCHMIDT | See http://atlant2.zko.dec.com/ | Thu Mar 13 1997 17:44 | 5 |
| Pete:
Just make sure you don't get the one from Abby Normal. :-)
Atlant
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| 1213.10 | left corner of mouth is smiling | SHRCTR::PJOHNSON | Vaya con huevos. | Fri Mar 14 1997 05:52 | 0
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